OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. BY R. DUDLEY BAXTER, M.A. n PARTLY READ BEFORE THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY OF PREFACE. THE First Part of the following work, with a short sketch of two Chapters of the Second Part, was read, in January last, before the Statistical Society of London, and had the advantage of the suggestions of its Members, and the criticisms of the Press. The Second Part, which now constitutes the main portion of the work, is almost entirely new, and embraces the important questions of Rating, of the relative Taxation of Land, Personalty, and Industry, and of the indirect effect of Taxes upon Prices. On all the subjects discussed, the greatest pains have been taken to obtain accurate information, and from the most reliable sources. The public Statistics have been drawn from Parliamentary Returns, and from the works of Porter and 99420 |